It’s episode 11 of Toyah at Home & On The Road. Toyah delves into the inspiration behind one of the songs from her top 30 charting album Posh Pop. This week it’s Summer Of Love. Toyah takes you on the journey from conception to producing the video. Click below to watch/rewatch this episode at You Tube.
This week’s Retro Charts show is packed with legends like Toyah, Duran Duran, Donny Osmond, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Eric Clapton and more.
The Retro Charts show counts down the top 10 current albums and singles from singers and bands that have been around for more than 25 years. It’s the only chart of its kind based on actual sales. No, it’s not an oldies show!
This edition is for the chart week ending Thursday 2 September, 2021.
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Two more sleeps until Toyah’s new album Posh Pop is out! Pre-order here.
Which edition are you adding to your collection? This deluxe CD+DVD edition (below right) has 10 videos directed by Toyah Willcox for each of the songs on the album. (Photo © Toyah Willcox)
The album includes Monkeys, plus Levitate, Zoom Zoom, Summer Of Love and Space Dance.
Three more sleeps until Toyah’s new album Posh Pop is out! Pre-order here.
The album includes Monkeys plus Levitate, Zoom Zoom, Summer Of Love and Space Dance. (Image © Toyah Willcox)
There’s just nine days until Posh Pop, Toyah’s highly anticipated new studio album, is released. Here’s a round-up of all the relevant, and related, Posh Pop news from the past few months. (All Photos/Images © Toyah Willcox)
• Posh Pop – Pre-order Toyah’s new studio album here. The album is available on Deluxe CD+DVD, Standard CD, Colour Vinyl and Digital Download.
• A Limited Edition CD and Colour Vinyl, with an exclusive Toyah signed print, were also available but sold out very quickly.
• Posh Pop, was officially announced on 25.06.21. Watch Toyah announce the release of the new album. Read the official press release at toyahwillcox.com.
• Levitate, the first single from Posh Pop was released on 26.06.21, with the video premiering one day later – Stream the single at Spotify. Watch the video at You Tube – Levitate… No gravity, we’re getting higher…
• Read Toyah’s album interview – talking about the creation/making of Posh Pop and much more – at the NME.
• Within hours of being announced Posh Pop was high up in Amazon’s pre-release charts – See info on this.
• Watch Toyah talk about Levitate and the making of Posh Pop in an episode of Toyah At Home from 26.06.21.
• See the Posh Pop Tour 2021/22 announcement here. Toyah is playing 29 dates between September 2021 and March 2022!
• Zoom Zoom, the second single from Posh Pop was released on 16.07.21, with the video premiering one day later – Stream the single at Spotify. Watch the video at You Tube – Do you want to start a revolution? You can do it in your bedroom…
• Toyah talked Posh Pop, and more, in an interview with ITV News. Listen to the interview.
• Toyah made a selection of Posh Pop Personalised Artworks available last month. See further info on these.
• Summer Of Love, the third single from Posh Pop was released on 06.08.21 – Stream the single at Spotify. Watch the video at You Tube – All we need is a summer of love, let’s get it on, ban the bomb…
• Read Toyah’s August 2021 “Summer Of Love” blog.
• There’s a Posh Pop Toyah At Home Special coming very soon. See info on that, and two new Posh Pop photos, here.
• Space Dance, the video for this song will premiere on 21.08.21. See a video still preview.
Music, chat and more of your questions which this week comes from Toyah as she is on tour away from home… Toyah At Home & On The Road. Look out for an exclusive rendition of a 1981 single plus the premiere of a new acoustic in-session version of what is becoming a firm new fan favourite, Summer Of Love, with Simon Darlow. Watch/Rewatch at You Tube by clicking below.
Read Toyah’s latest blog at toyahwillcox.com. It’s a Summer Of Love!
Love the new Posh Pop / Summer Of Love promo at Toyah’s Official Instagram… (Images © Toyah Willcox)
With the release of Summer Of Love, there have now been three single previews made available from Toyah’s forthcoming studio album, Posh Pop. These singles have also been accompanied by new video premieres – Watch all three at The Official Toyah You Tube Channel. (Images © Toyah Willcox)
This has become my favourite song already from the forthcoming album Posh Pop, which is interesting as Levitate was my firm favourite until last night, but Summer Of Love is glorious and has such a rousing chorus. I love the subject matter and the retro, slightly psychedelic, protest song vibe. Anyway, enough of what I think… The new Summer Of Love video premiered earlier today, watch it below!
Music, chat and more of your questions which this week comes from Toyah as she is on tour away from home… Toyah At Home & On The Road. Look out for the premiere of the video for the new single Summer Of Love, an exclusive rendition of Hyperventilate and a live performance of, the second single from Posh Pop, Zoom Zoom. Watch/Rewatch at You Tube by clicking below.
Toyah unveils ‘Summer of Love’ from forthcoming ‘Posh Pop’ LP
The star’s first solo album in 13 years features the recent singles ‘Levitate’ and ‘Zoom Zoom’ and is accompanied by a series of music videos for each track.
Toyah has released Summer of Love as the latest cut from her new ‘Posh Pop’ album.
The ‘80s icon will drop her forthcoming record on August 27, featuring previously-released tracks Levitate and Zoom Zoom, and this week reveals a third single from the LP.
“For me, this is an anti-war song,” says Toyah. “In the original summer of love there were many wars that shouldn’t have been going on, where young people lost their lives or their minds”
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Stream the third single/release, Summer Of Love (which sounds a bit psychedelic to me, and is another song with a huge chorus!), from Toyah’s forthcoming Posh Pop album. Toyah says of the track: “For me, this is an anti-war song. In the original summer of love there were many wars that shouldn’t have been going on, where young people lost their lives or their minds”.
All we need is a summer of love, let’s get it on, ban the bomb…
